Impact of micro irrigation technology on productivity and income of tomato growers in Tonk district of Rajasthan

The study was carried out in Tonk district of Rajasthan state in 2021. The multistage sampling (three stage) technique was used for selection of blocks, villages and respondents. Among the 8 blocks of Tonk district Deoli, Niwae and Malpura were purposively selected on the basis of maximum Tomato growing area. Five villages were selected from each selected block on the basis of highest number of tomato growers. Thus, total 15 villages having highest number of tomato growers were selected. Alist of farmers who have installed micro irrigation technology on their farm was obtained from district agriculture office. Ten respondents from each village were selected by using random sampling techniques making a sample of 150 respondents. The result concluded based on changes that occurred after adoption of micro irrigation technology viz., change in self-sufficiency, change in social status, saving in water, saving fertilizer cost, saving plant protection cost, weed control expenses, saving in labour utilization, saving energy cost, increase in crop production, improving quality of produce and early maturity of crop were considered as major aspect of impact. Whereas, more than half of the tomato growers (60.00 per cent) are having medium level of overall impact, followed by 22.67 per cent and 17.33 per cent of them have high and low level of overall impact, respectively.